Cash-carrier.



No.` 636,3I5. Patented Nov. 7, |899.

CASH CARRIER.

(Application med Nov. 12, 199s.)

(No Model.;

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PATENT CHARLES F. BODINUS, OF AUSTIN, ILLINOIS.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,315, dated November '7, 1899. Application filed November 12, 1898. Serial No. 696,236. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. BoDINUs, a citizen of the United States of America, and aresident of Austin, county of Cook,and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Carriers, of which the following is a speciiication, and which are fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates particularly to that class of cash-carriers used in connection with pneumatic-despatch systems, the carrier consisting of a short tubular case openable at the side and provided with end cushions and being adapted to be driven through a pneumatic tube by air-blast.

More specifically my invention relates to that type of carriers of the class named which is formed of two short tubular sections in telescopic engagement, but relatively rotatable, each member being provided with a lateral aperture, the case being openable by seizing the end cushions one by each hand and turning them in opposite directions.

The objects of the present invention are to provide for the easy disengagement of the two tubular sections, so that they may be separated for the purpose of repair, and to provide improved means for securing the cushions or pads to the ends of the case, whereby they may be not only more securely held t-han has been the usual practice, but are more easily applied and removed. These objects are accomplished by providing a spring-catch which normally holds the two members of the case in proper engagement, but which is readily released for the purpose of separating them, and by tting Within each end of the case a plate provided with spurs adapted to pass through suitable apertures in the end of the case and to enter the cushion, a screw-bolt passing centrally through this plate and the end of the case and entering the cushion and engaging a suitable nut countersunk into the outer face of the cushion.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the carrier partially opened. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a Vsimilar view to that shown in Fig. 1, the two main members of the carrier, however, being partially separated. Y Fig. i is a sectional view on the line 4 i of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional View, partly in elevation, on the line 5, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an edge elevation of the spurred plate, and Fig. '7 is an edge elevation of the nut countersunk within the cushion.

The body of the carrier consists of two tubular sections A B of approximately equal length, each being closed at one end and open at the other and each having a lateral aperture, as shown at a. b. The diameter of the member B is sufficiently less than that of the member A so that the two may be fitted together telescopically, the open end of the member B being inserted within the member A. To the ends of the carrier are applied the usual cushions or pads C C, and in my invention they are secured in the manner hereinafter fully described.

The outer memberA of the carrier is reinforced at its inner end by means of a band E, which is adapted to abut against the iian ge of a cap H, fitted over the closed end of the member B. catch or stud F projects outwardly from the face of the member B into the aperture a and is so located that it is in frictional contact with the inner edge of the band E when the parts of the carrier are attached together, this stud preventing the relatively longitudinal movement of the two main members, but permitting their relative rotation to the extent of the width of the aperture a, a stud g, fixed in the wall of the cylinder A near the aperture a and projecting inwardly through the aperture b in the cylinder B,

serving as a stop to prevent further angular movement of the parts when the two apertures ct b completely register. The edges of the aperture b are notched, as shown at b' b2, to receive the stud g, thereby allowing sufieient range of oscillation of the members A B to completely open and close the lateral opening of the carrier.

The stud F, carried by a spring f, is of any preferred form and is secured in any desired manner to the inner surface of the member B. As shown, this spring is in leaf form and lies snugly against the inner surface of the member B and is secured thereto by means of the rivets f f The stud F projects loosely through a suitable aperture in the wall of the member B, and its face which contacts with IOI the band E is abrupt, While its opposite face is beveled. In adjusting the two members together the band E will slide freely over the stud F by reason of the inclined face of the latter, forcing it inwardly against the resistance of the spring f. When it is desired to disengage the two members, the stud F is forced inwardly, so as to allow the band E to pass over it.

The accidental relative oscillation of the members A B while the carrier is in transit is prevented by the friction of the parts. There is nothing in the action of the carrier to cause such accidental movement,and slight friction will prevent it.

The cap l-I serves as a reinforcement for the end of the member B, and the member A is similarly reinforced by a cap h, fitted within its closed end.

The pads or cushions C C are each attached in the following manner: A plate O, preferably circular in form and made of steel, is itted to the inner end of the carrier and is provided with spurs o, preferably, though not necessarily, three in number, these spurs projecting through suitable apertures in the end of the carrier, so as to enter the body of the pad or cushion C. The plate O is centrally apertured, as is also the end of the carrierand the pad C, for the reception of a screwbolt M, which passes well into the body of the pad C. The pad is countersunk from its outer face to accommodate a nut m, with which the end of the screw-bolt M engages, so as to draw the pad firmly to the end of the carrier. The nut m is preferably round for the reason that the recess formed in the pad forits reception is more easily given that form, and it is prevented from rotating by nicking its edge to form spurs m', which sink into the material of which the pad is made. The head of the bolt Mis adapted for the engagement of a tool by which the bolt may be turned, and preferably this is accomplished by forming in its head a slot for receiving ascrew-driver.

The function of the spurs o is to prevent the angular movement of the pad C relatively as to the member of the carrier to which it is secured. The plate O serves the purpose not only of carrying these spurs, but also of reinforcing the end of the carrier, which is its most vulnerable point, as the momentum of the coin causes it to strike forcibly against the end of the carrier and unless the latter is quite rigid will distort it, thereby necessarily loosening the cushion.

It is obvious that the means for attaching the cushions to the ends of the carrier may be considerably varied in detail from the construction shown without departing from the scope of my invention, and I do not therefore desire to be limited to the specific form disclosed.

The spring-catch for securing together the two main members of the carrier permits their easy separatiomwhen desired,for the purpose of repair; but is so disposed that it does not receive the force of the concussion incident to the sudden stopping of the carrier, as the transmission of the force of the impact from one member to the other is by means of the band E and the fiange of the cap Hin whichever direction the carrier may be moving.

I claim as my inventionl. In a cash-carrier of the type described, the combination with a pair of telescoping relatively-oscillating members, each member having its outer end closed, of a spring-catch projecting radially from the inner member through an aperture in the outer member, the length of such aperture circumferentially as to the carrier being as great as the range of relative oscillation of the two members.

2. In a cylindrical cash-carrier of the type described, the combination with the bodyportion, of a cushion for attachment to an end thereof, a plate adapted to the inner face of such end and having spurs projecting through the body end into the cushion, and a drawbolt passing centrally through the cushion, the body end and the spurred plate.

3. In a cash-carrier, the combination with a pair of telescopically-engaged, relativelyoscillating members, each having its outer end closed, of a spring-advanced catch for locking the members against longitudinal separation, such catch being carried by one member and enga-ging and sliding circumferentially against the rearward edge of a portion of the other member, such sliding contact having an angular range as great as the relative oscillation of the two members.

4. In a cylindrical cash-carrier of the type described, the combination with a body portion comprising a pair of telescopically-engaged relatively-rotatable members, and a spring-catch for preventing the disengagement of such members, of a cushion for attachment to an end of the body, a plate adapted to the inner face of such end and having spurs projecting through the body end and into the cushion, a screw-bolt projecting centrally through the plate and into the cushion, and a uut for the outer end of the bolt.

5. In a cylindrical cash-carrier of the type described, the combination with the body portion, of a cushion adapted to an end of the body and being centrally apertured and countersunk at its outer face, a plate adapted to the inner face of such body end and having spurs projecting through suchendandintothe cushion and being centrally apertured, a nut adapted to fit Within the enlarged end of the cushion-aperture and having spurs for cngaging the cushion, and a screw-bolt passing through the plate and engaging the nut.

CHARLES F. BODINUS.

Nitnessesz LoUIs K. GILLsoN, JOHN PRICE.

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